MURRAY, Andrew Ross
| Service Number: | 3600 |
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| Enlisted: | 28 September 1915, His enlistment paper says he was 21 years 4 months, but he was actually 16. He had run away to NSW to enlist |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 30th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Fremantle, Western Australia, 1899 |
| Home Town: | Fremantle, Fremantle, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Fremantle, Western Australia, Australia, 2 March 1923, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Fremantle Cemetery, Western Australia Presbyterian Monumental EE 212. No headstone. |
| Memorials: | Fremantle Scots Church Honour Roll |
World War 1 Service
| 28 Sep 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3600, 30th Infantry Battalion, His enlistment paper says he was 21 years 4 months, but he was actually 16. He had run away to NSW to enlist | |
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| 5 Aug 1916: | Involvement Private, 3600, 30th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '16' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Ballarat embarkation_ship_number: A70 public_note: '' | |
| 5 Aug 1916: | Embarked Private, 3600, 30th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ballarat, Sydney | |
| 23 Oct 1917: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 3600, 30th Infantry Battalion, Shelled and gassed | |
| 21 Feb 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 3600, 30th Infantry Battalion, Permanently unfit with neurasthenia; returned to Australia per D17 Wyandra |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Helen Harmer
Andrew Ross Murray was born in Fremantle in 1899. He was a labourer. When he was 16, he travelled to NSW to enlist. His enlistment papers claimed he was exempt from Universal Cadet Training at school and that he was 21 years 4 months old. He was described as being 5 feet 4½ inches tall with a chest measurement of 33 – 35 inches, fair complexion, blue eyes and brown hair. He gave his denomination as Church of England. Apparently, they believed him in Newcastle, and he joined on the 28.8.15, gave him the rank of Private and Service Number 3600. He listed his father, James Murray of Bellevue Terrace, Fremantle as his next of kin. Andrew’s mother was Hannah Mary Barnes, and his siblings were Mrs JE Barnes, Mrs L Straha, Jack, Florrie, Muriel and Alick Murray. On the 7.11.1915 he went Absent Without Leave. Andrew embarked at Sydney on A70 Ballarat on the 5.8.16.
On the 9.10.16 he transferred to the 30th Battalion and on the 12.11.16 he proceeded to France. He was punished for being Out of Bounds at Étaples on the 26.11.16 and again on the 14.12.16 for being absent from parade. He was sent to the 3rd Canadian hospital sick VDG on the 25.6.17, spending 40 days in total being treated. Andrew was wounded in action on the 23.10.17. He inhaled gas from a shell. The next day he was sent to a hospital train and spent from 29.10.17 – 13.12.17 in Queen Mary’s Hospital, suffering from the effects of the gassing. He experienced laryngitis, sore chest, headaches, insomnia, tremors in hands and head, and a chronic cough that aggravated his childhood asthma.
On the 24.5.18 he was declared permanently unfit with neurasthenia and on the 31.7.1918 returned to Australia per D17 Wyandra – for discharge. Back in Fremantle, on the 22.1.19, he was treated for neurasthenia, defective vision and otitis media (middle ear infection). The next day, the Perth Military District declared him unfit for general service for 6 months. He was discharged from Fremantle 8th AG Hospital on the 27.1.1919 and from the army on the 21.2.19. Andrew died in Fremantle Public Hospital on the 2.3.1923, aged 23 years 11 months. He was buried in Fremantle Cemetery Presbyterian Mon section EE 0212. There is no headstone.
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